Broadcom designs and supplies semiconductors, enterprise software and security solutions for mission-critical enterprise computing environments worldwide.
Broadcom Inc., founded in 1991, is an American multinational technology company that designs, develops and supplies semiconductors, enterprise software and security solutions for mission-critical enterprise computing environments. Its market capitalisation exceeds $1 trillion. The company operates globally, serving the largest global enterprises across data centres, networking, broadband, wireless, storage, industrial markets and cloud computing.
The business is divided between two broad portfolios. Semiconductor solutions comprise a wide range of chips and silicon serving data centre, networking, broadband, wireless, storage and industrial markets. Infrastructure software powers mission-critical computing for large enterprises and includes VMware, a multi-cloud and virtualisation platform, an enterprise software portfolio from CA Technologies, and cybersecurity solutions originating from Symantec's enterprise security business.
Technical work spans semiconductor design and development, networking technology, broadband and wireless, storage, multi-cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and advanced computing workloads. The company describes a long-term focus on research and development, combined with strategic acquisitions - among them VMware, Symantec enterprise security and CA Technologies - as its principal route to growth.
